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The energy challenge
In an exclusive interview, Matthias Bichsel, Royal Dutch Shell Executive Committee member and head of one of Shell’s four main businesses, its new Projects & Technology group, discusses how the global oil and gas giant is looking to meet the world’s energy needs in economically, socially and environmentally responsible ways.

New horizons
Flushed with success following his promotion from VP of Downstream to CEO of Dana Gas, Ahmed Al Arbeed, tells Diana Milne how his company plans to transform the region’s energy industry.

The ethical giant
Khalid Al-Falih, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, lifts the lid on why the world’s biggest oil company is taking responsibility for its actions.

Small but mighty
Rapidly depleting hydrocarbon supplies mean scientists are in a race against time to delay the dreaded peak oil scenario. Nanotechnology has been touted by Saudi Aramco and America’s Advanced Energy Consortium as the potential saviour of the industry and a way to revolutionise the exploration process. In this special report Diana Milne investigates why nanotechnology could be the small solution to a very big problem.

Lone ranger
As Egypt’s largest independent oil company PICO International Petroleum is rapidly building a name for itself as a small company, that dares to take on the global oil majors in the exploration field. O&G meets Head of Exploration Hamed Ibrahim to find out the power of PICO.